Writer and explorer Alice Morrison attempts to follow the ancient ‘Salt Roads’, historically one of the world’s richest trading networks, which lead from south of Tangier to the fabled sandstone city of Timbuktu. Travelling by foot, camel, donkey and sometimes hitching a lift, Alice travels through some of the most mysterious, beautiful and ancient cities in the world, embarking on a journey that will take her deep into the history, culture and civilisation of both ancient and modern North Africa.